Carrier for suit boxes



July; 24, 1923,

s. SCHUMAN CARRIER FOR SUIT BOXES Filed July 51. 1922 Patented July 24, 1923.

.onirsn .;srarss SOLOMON sorromnn, or DENVER, oonoanno.

' ,oaiaarnaroe sun: Boxes.

appl icationfiled July 31,

To all whom itmzay concern useful Improvements in. Carriers for Suit Boxes; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exactdescription of themvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art .to which it appertainsto make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying 1 drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a carrier for suitvboxes and'has special reference to one made of wire that will serve as a closer as well as a handle.

It is customary for stores, tailors and cleaners to pack suits into cardboard boxes of proper size, which are usually designated as suit boxes. These boxes are ordinarily wrapped with twine to hold them together. The wrapping with twine consumes considerable time and does not provide any convenient means of carrying the box.

It is the object of this invention to produce a wire carrier that is so designed that it can bereadily applied to a paper suit box and which when so applied will securely hold the same from opening, and alsoproand vide a convenient handle portion by means of whichthe box can be carried. In order to better explain my invention I shall have reference to the accompanying drawing in which I Fig. 1 represents a perspective view of my carrier in the position in which it will be applied to a suit box, which is indicated by dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of my carrier when extended.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the left hand end of the carrier.

.Fig. 4 is an elevation of the right hand end of the carrier.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the carrier,

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view showing a slight modification.

The same reference numbers will be employed to designate the same parts throughout the several views.

Numeral 1 represents a card board suit 1 box of the type referred to above and 2 rep- 1922. Serial 1%. 578,801."

resents my carrier as a whole. My carrier consists of three separate members 3, 4 and 5, preferably made of wire. .Member 3 consists of a single piece'of wire bent intermediate, its ends to form a handle 6. At 7 the wires are bent at right angles to the plane of the handle and then at point 8 they are again bent so as toextend in a plane paral- -lel' with the plane of the handle. Sides 9 extend parallel to the point 10, at which point they begin to curve inwardly until they contact :at 11, where they may be soldered or twisted together. From 11 they curve outwardly until point 12 is reached, when they extend in the same direction as sides 9. The ends of section 3 are provided with books 13, which engage with the intermediate member 4, which is made substantially U-shaped and has bent portions 14, which are engaged by hooks 13. The free ends of the intermediate member 4 is bent into hooks 15 which engage the portions 16 in section 5, which is made substantially the same as section 3, except that the ends are bent at 17 and have their ends provided with hooks 18 which are adapted to be insorted between the sides of the handle 6 and to hold the carrier in closed position, as shown is Fig. 1.

The operation of my carrier is very simple. The box is placed with one of the narrowsides on the intermediate portion 4 and the side sections 3 and 5 are then moved upwardly about their pivotal connection with the intermediate member 4 until they contact with the sides of the box. The ends 18 are then hooked about the sides of the handle 6 whereby they are locked in place. The carrier, after it has been secured to the box as described above, serves to hold the same closed and also as a means by which it can be carried.

I prefer to make my carrier of wire as shown and to solder or spotweld the parts at points 11 but instead of soldering or welding the parts at 11 I may twist them together 01' clamp them together by some separate means. t is not absolutely necessary to have the sides connected at 11 in the manner shown, as other means can be employed for connecting them, such for example as a straight wire joining the two wires of each side.

In Fig. 6 I have shown a modified construction in which the handle 6 is bent at the portion 20 extended tothe left the entire width of the box. At point 8"the wires are bent at right angles to the m 20 and extend downwardly 'as shown in Fig. l. The object of the construction shown in Fig. 6

"and describedahoveis to dispense with one ofthe bent ends so that the carrier maybe more readily packed. If desired; the sides 20 may be hinged to the sides 9 at 8 so that the carrier may be folded up entirely flat.

I am aware that several minor changes in construction may be made and the same or similar results obtained, and I desire the device illustrated and described to be considered as illustrative only as changes may be made withinthescope'of the appended claim; as for example, the parts 19 and 20 may be slightly twisted in'the same manner as indicated at 11. I y i V Having now described my invention what I claim as new is:

A suit box carrier comprising a side member formed from a wire having the intermediate portion thereof bent to form a handle, the free ends thereof being bent to form hooks;: anintermediate U-shaped portion having its free ends formed into books, the hooks of the sidemember engaging the base portion of the intermediatemember to form a hinged connection; a second side member bent intermediateits ends and hingedly connected to the hooks in'the ends of the intermediate member, the free ends of the secondside member being bent substantially at right angles to-form means for connecting theltwoside members together In testimonyrwhereof I a'flix my signature.

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